2001 NHL Draft
Mikko Lehtonen in the 2001 NHL Draft
Nashville Predators selected Mikko Lehtonen 271st overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 12th pick of round 9.
He was the 22nd of the 24 Finns selected that year. It was the ninth and last of the 9 picks Nashville Predators made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 15 games put him 101st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 271
- Round and pick
- Round 9, pick 12
- Drafting team
- NSHNashville Predators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 23 years
The picks around it
Picks 268–274 in the 2001 draft
- 268Jeff MilesCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 269Juris StalsCNYRNew York Rangers
- 270Grant JacobsenCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 271Mikko LehtonenD15 GP · 3 PNSHNashville Predators
- 272Ales PisaD53 GP · 4 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 273Severin BlindenbacherDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 274Peter ReynoldsDCARCarolina Hurricanes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
22nd
of 24 Finns selected
88th
of 96 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 6Mikko KoivuC1035 GP · 711 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 9Tuomo RuutuL735 GP · 346 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 48Tuomas PihlmanL15 GP · 2 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 83Henrik JuntunenRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 89Tuomas NissinenGSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 102Timo ParssinenL17 GP · 3 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 103Tony VirtaR8 GP · 5 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 108Tomi MakiR1 GP · 0 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 109Martti JarventieD1 GP · 0 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 111Matti KaltiainenGBOSBoston Bruins
+ 14 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Mikko Lehtonen made his NHL debut on October 7, 2006, 5 years and 105 days after the draft.
15
Games
1
Goals
2
Assists
3
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Nashville Predators picks in the 2001 draft
- 12Dan HamhuisD1148 GP · 356 PNSHNashville Predators
- 33Timofei ShishkanovR24 GP · 5 PNSHNashville Predators
- 42Tomas SlovakDNSHNashville Predators
- 75Denis PlatonovRNSHNashville Predators
- 76Oliver SetzingerCNSHNashville Predators
- 98Jordin TootooR723 GP · 161 PNSHNashville Predators
- 178Anton LavrentievDNSHNashville Predators
- 240Gustav GrasbergCNSHNashville Predators
- 271Mikko LehtonenD15 GP · 3 PNSHNashville Predators